If you watch the video:
"Because we encourage you to say these things don't we? Because every week we say, can you still finish fourth, Rafa?"
What's he going to say? No, we're aiming for sixth?
Really, Rafa isn't out there on the pitch - he just holds ultimate responsibility. Rafa's not wholly responsible for the way Gerrard's played this season - final responsibility for the way Gerard's played this whole season lies with him. Nor can you really lay the blame for the brace of injuries of late, or the in-fighting at management level, or the strutural changes forced on the club by Hicks and Gillett.
When you get down to brass tacks, this is a poor season for the Reds. Any other team - for example, another Merseyside team dressed in blue - they'd be dancing in the aisles with 7th in the league and the semis of Europa. ;) Not to take the piss any, but yeah, some of the criticism is a bit rich when some teams don't have managers that would even dare to set the bar in the first place.
I love to hear transfer rumours, too - largely because they don't often tell a real story. What they often do is project hopes of what would make an opposing team weaker. It's nice to hear people's insecurities about certain players, though, because then at least we know we have some players who're doing the right thing.
The only things that are true right now is that we have a new chairman, these dark years of Hicks and Gillett leveraging the club into non-existence will soon be over.
dontsurf2010-05-03 13:24:25
